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By Amanda Musa, CNN The University of Pennsylvania nominated swimmer Lia Thomas — who has become the face of the debate on transgender women in sports — for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The Ivy League swimmer was nominated as a Division I athlete for Swimming and Diving, according to the NCAA

By Gawon Bae, CNN A few minutes before Tottenham Hotspur’s squad touched down in Seoul on July 10, hundreds of fans gathered at Incheon Airport started screaming out of surprise. Tottenham’s South Korean star Son Heung-min made an unannounced appearance from his vacation to welcome his teammates visiting his home country for a preseason tour.

By Jack Bantock, CNN No sooner had Tiger Woods taken his first step across the Swilcan Bridge, the thousands of fans at St. Andrews crammed behind ropes, filling grandstands and squeezed onto overlooking balconies rose as one to applaud. The ovation soundtracked the entirety of the 15-time major winner’s long walk down the Old Course’s

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN It’s been over a century, but Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe will finally be recognized for his sporting dominance. On Friday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced they will reinstate Thorpe as the sole Olympic champion in the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. Thorpe was

By Ben Church, Ben Morse and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Christian Eriksen has signed a three-year deal with Manchester United, just over 12 months after he suffered a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020. The midfielder received lifesaving treatment on the pitch after collapsing during Denmark’s game against Finland in Copenhagen in June 2021. But those harrowing

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Canada’s women’s and men’s national soccer teams have called on Sport Canada, a branch of the country’s federal government, to investigate the sport’s national governing body following serious allegations about the way decisions are made within the organization. In a statement shared by Olympic gold medalist Christine Sinclair on Twitter on

By Matias Grez and Jill Martin, CNN Nearly 100 visa issues for athletes and officials scheduled to be participating in the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, US, remain unresolved, a World Athletics spokesperson told CNN Thursday. In total, 374 visa cases have been escalated to a joint group comprising of the United States Olympic and

By Issy Ronald, CNN The Miami Marlins secured a bruising 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday — in every sense of the word. Marlins shortstop Miguel Rojas was hit square in the mouth by Oneil Cruz’s helmet as Cruz unsuccessfully tried to steal second base at the top of the ninth inning. Rojas

By Matias Grez and Jack Bantock, CNN In the past three seasons, Portuguese giant Benfica has generated more than $200 million from the sale of just two players that came through the club’s academy: João Félix and Rúben Dias. Over the years, the club’s academy — known as the Benfica Campus — has nurtured numerous

By David Close, CNN Hockey Canada has apologized for a lack of action following an alleged sexual assault by members of the Canadian world junior team. In an open letter posted Thursday, the organization said it was reopening an independent investigation after an outcry from fans, families, sponsors and those involved in the alleged incident

By Jacob Lev, CNN University of Oregon tight end Spencer Webb died Wednesday from a head injury after a fall, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Thursday. Webb was 22. According to the sheriff’s office, police responded to the rockslides near Lake Triangle, Oregon where a 22-year-old male “fell and struck his head.” The

By Jack Bantock, CNN Every golfer playing at the Open Championship this week will be thrilled to see an eagle. Yet so too will thousands of fans. Situated on the east coast of Scotland, St Andrews may be affectionately known as the ‘home of golf,’ but it’s a residence shared by some highly disruptive roommates:

By Issy Ronald, CNN With the score level at 2-2, Daniëlle van de Donk fired a perfect strike into the top right-hand corner of the goal from the edge of the penalty box, sealing a 3-2 victory for The Netherlands against Portugal in their Women’s Euro group stage match-up. “I almost never score goals like

By Issy Ronald, CNN Players lining up for their respective national anthems is one of the most recognizable sights in any international football tournament. Each side belts out their anthem, accompanied by its fans in the crowd; shoulders are back, heads are held high, sometimes eyes fill with salty tears at the sound of the

By Ben Morse, CNN Shohei Ohtani is on a tear like no one else in Major League Baseball. And on Wednesday, a few days after being named an All-Star as both a pitcher and a hitter, Ohtani continued his hot steak — once again making history — this time matching two historic feats. The two-way

By Jacob Lev and Travis Caldwell, CNN Ten Kansas City Royals players have been placed on the restricted list and will be ineligible to play in the team’s four-game series this week against the Toronto Blue Jays, team manager Mike Matheny said on Wednesday. All 10 are unvaccinated against Covid-19 and ineligible to play in

By Camille Knight and Amandine Hess, CNN The French Senate cleared Liverpool fans of any responsibility in the Champions League Final chaos, instead blaming French decision-making, two senators told journalists in a press conference Wednesday presenting conclusions of a report on the violence. The Senate has not yet released the report publicly at the time

By Ben Morse, CNN Eight-time champion Germany qualified for the quarterfinals of the Women’s Euro 2022 with a 2-0 victory over Spain on Tuesday. An early goal from Klara Bühl settled any nerves for the German side at the Brentford Community Stadium, before Alexandra Popp doubled the lead later in the first half. The clinical

By Ben Morse, CNN Golf has come a long way since Willie Park Senior and Old Tom Morris, in a field of just eight players, competed in the first Open in 1860 at Prestwick. Long gone are the days of men playing in suits and using wooden clubs in a sport that has since transitioned